3rd Circ. Rejects Citizenship Bid Despite 21-Year Gov't Delay

By George Woolston ( August 28, 2024, 8:04 PM EDT) -- The Third Circuit on Wednesday upheld the denial of citizenship to a Trinidad and Tobago national convicted of drug-related offenses despite the government's 21-year delay in correcting its error in issuing his Certificate of Citizenship to begin with, ruling it doesn't have the power to grant citizenship. . . .

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